Spatial oligopoly with a variable transport cost

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Autor(a) principal: Pontes, José Pedro
Data de Publicação: 1995
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/22676
Resumo: This paper deals with the impact of the variation in the cost of transport upon the equilibrium of a spatial duopoly. This impact is seen to depend critically on the existence of asymmetry either in the unit production costs or in the spatial distribution of consumers. In a spatial duqpoly where firms compete in price and have different unit production costs, a decrease in transport cost shifts customers away from the less efficient firm to the lower cost one. In a duopoly where the firms compete in quantity different outcomes ·are possible if there is asymmetry in the spatial distribution of demand. If the distribution is very asymmetric, both firms locate in the larger market for any value of the cost of transport .. If the spatial distribution of customers is more balanced, two alternative outcomes may arise. With high transport cost each firm's location is oriented towards local demand and firms are spatially dispersed. If the transport cost is low, firms cluster at a central point of customer distribution
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spelling Spatial oligopoly with a variable transport costDuopolySpatial AnalysisCost of TransportFirms LocationThis paper deals with the impact of the variation in the cost of transport upon the equilibrium of a spatial duopoly. This impact is seen to depend critically on the existence of asymmetry either in the unit production costs or in the spatial distribution of consumers. In a spatial duqpoly where firms compete in price and have different unit production costs, a decrease in transport cost shifts customers away from the less efficient firm to the lower cost one. In a duopoly where the firms compete in quantity different outcomes ·are possible if there is asymmetry in the spatial distribution of demand. If the distribution is very asymmetric, both firms locate in the larger market for any value of the cost of transport .. If the spatial distribution of customers is more balanced, two alternative outcomes may arise. With high transport cost each firm's location is oriented towards local demand and firms are spatially dispersed. If the transport cost is low, firms cluster at a central point of customer distributionISEG - Departamento de EconomiaRepositório da Universidade de LisboaPontes, José Pedro2021-12-09T11:49:16Z19951995-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/22676engPontes, José Pedro. 1995. "Spatial oligopoly with a variable transport cost". Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão - DE Working papers nº 9-1995/DEinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-03-06T14:52:14Zoai:www.repository.utl.pt:10400.5/22676Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T17:07:02.608264Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Spatial oligopoly with a variable transport cost
title Spatial oligopoly with a variable transport cost
spellingShingle Spatial oligopoly with a variable transport cost
Pontes, José Pedro
Duopoly
Spatial Analysis
Cost of Transport
Firms Location
title_short Spatial oligopoly with a variable transport cost
title_full Spatial oligopoly with a variable transport cost
title_fullStr Spatial oligopoly with a variable transport cost
title_full_unstemmed Spatial oligopoly with a variable transport cost
title_sort Spatial oligopoly with a variable transport cost
author Pontes, José Pedro
author_facet Pontes, José Pedro
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Pontes, José Pedro
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Duopoly
Spatial Analysis
Cost of Transport
Firms Location
topic Duopoly
Spatial Analysis
Cost of Transport
Firms Location
description This paper deals with the impact of the variation in the cost of transport upon the equilibrium of a spatial duopoly. This impact is seen to depend critically on the existence of asymmetry either in the unit production costs or in the spatial distribution of consumers. In a spatial duqpoly where firms compete in price and have different unit production costs, a decrease in transport cost shifts customers away from the less efficient firm to the lower cost one. In a duopoly where the firms compete in quantity different outcomes ·are possible if there is asymmetry in the spatial distribution of demand. If the distribution is very asymmetric, both firms locate in the larger market for any value of the cost of transport .. If the spatial distribution of customers is more balanced, two alternative outcomes may arise. With high transport cost each firm's location is oriented towards local demand and firms are spatially dispersed. If the transport cost is low, firms cluster at a central point of customer distribution
publishDate 1995
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